Wednesday, April 26, 2006

Tigers Go 6-3 Out West

The Tigers had a sloppy finish to a long western trip losing 4-0 today to the Los Angeles Angels. They managed just two hits against John Lackey and Scot Shields. After one of the hits, Magglio Ordonez was thrown out by Vladimir Guerrero rounding first base. Defensively, both Carlos Guillen and brandon Inge made errors. Maroth was not terrible but he have up 4 runs and nine hits in 6 innings for his worst start of the year so far. It's likely they were tired after playing 14 games in 14 days

Although it was a bad day for the Tigers today, they can hold their heads high after going 6-3 on a western swing. They took 2 of 3 from the Oakland Athletics, swept the Seattle Mariners in 3 games, and took 1 of 3 from the Angels. Here is a brief re-cap of the trip:

They outscored their opponents 33-25 and did not give up more than 4 runs in any game.

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Despite it being a "bad day", Leyland had some good things to say about it. Got this off a story at DetroitTigers.com

"The atmosphere on the bench today was tremendous," said Leyland. "[The players] were really into it. That is all you can ask for. There was no doubt in my mind that they wanted to win this game badly, but they just couldn't do it.

"We were into it, the effort was there, I'm proud of them, and they deserve a day off. They did a heckuva job. [Winning on Wednesday] would have been a tremendous bonus, but we just didn't get it. We just have to turn the page and get ready for Friday."